Employee was looking at object in screen waste containment area. He bent down to look at object when wind blew foreign object from containment into left eye.
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February 27, 2009
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
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Technisand Inc · Struck by flying object
May 2, 2007
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
OTHER
Technisand Inc · Struck by flying object
Employee was performing repairs to plant feed hopper (#HO-06) walls. While patching wall employee stated the wind blew sand or rust around his safety glass's into his left eye. This feed hopper is located in the stockpile area, outside in the weather.
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